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parable

[par-uh-buhl] / ˈpær ə bəl /
NOUN
moral story
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The most direct reading of this makes “The Sheep Detectives” a parable about denial and eventual acceptance following a great personal loss.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Warren Buffett’s mentor Benjamin Graham used the parable of a business owner with an emotionally unstable partner, “Mr. Market.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

A perennially resonant Gospel parable is the one about the vineyard owner with two sons whom he summoned to work on his property.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Mahapatra compares humanity's limited understanding of the universe -- or lack thereof -- to a well-known parable.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

Standing there, feeling the eyes of the two hundred Muslims upon me, I heard him make a parable about me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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